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Steakhouse
SMITH & WOLLENSKY - STEAKS & CHOPS
49th St & Third Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States
When Miranda doesn’t have lunch out, she takes it in her Runway office, from Smith & Wollensky: one-and-a-quarter-pound ribeye, raw; two baked potatoes, big and steaming hot; one small side container of smashed potatoes, made soft with lots of heavy cream and extra butter; eight perfect stalks of asparagus with the tips looking plump and juicy and the ends shaved to a clean, white finish; a metal gravy boat full of softened butter; a pinch-box overflowing with grainy kosher salt; a wooden-handled steak knife and a crisp white napkin.
Located in midtown Manhattan, the first S&W steakhouse occupies a stand-alone building whose wooden exterior bears the trademark green and white colors (which actually were inherited from Manny Wolf's, which operated between 1897 and 1977, when it became Smith & Wollensky, they simply changed the sign to "Since 1977" but otherwise kept the type of lettering used on the outside of Manny Wolf's the same). Also included is Wollensky's Grill, a bar room within the restaurant that has a more bar-type atmosphere and food, and is open later than the dining room. The New York location was used for a scene as a meeting place for Christian Bale and Willem Dafoe's characters in the 2000 Film American Psycho. It and its kitchen were also used for scenes in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada. >>>Read more